Commerce City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 21,240 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Commerce City is the 27th largest community in Colorado.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Commerce City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.4% of the Commerce City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Commerce City is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Commerce City who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.20%), sales jobs (6.59%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.58%).

Commerce City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Commerce City Information and Demographics

The population of Commerce City has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.71% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Commerce City in 2000 was $13,445, which is low income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $53,780 for a family of four.

Commerce City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Commerce City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Commerce City is White, followed by African-American. Commerce City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 53.27% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Commerce City include German, Irish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Commerce City's cultural character, accounting for 19.92% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Commerce City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.